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Photo gallery: Verrückt water slide opens to the public

Riders scream as a jet of water pushes them over the crest of the second drop on Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Chris Reeves, 14, of Gilbert, Ariz., lifted his arms and smiled after completing his trip down Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, which opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas. Chris, along with his twin brother Nick and his dad Troy Reeves, slept in an RV in the parking lot to ensure that they would be some of the first to ride.
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Troy Reeves (back), of Gilbert, Ariz., Corey Smith, of Salina, Kan., Nick Reeves, 14, were the first group to ride the Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, after it officially opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Riders scream as a jet of water pushes them over the crest of the second drop on Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Troy Reeves (left), of Gilbert, Ariz., and one of his twin boys Nick Reeves, 14, talks about sleeping in the parking lot in their RV as they waited to ride the Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, which opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Riders scream as a jet of water pushes them over the crest of the second drop on Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas.
| SHANE KEYSERKansas City Star

Nick Reeves (left), 14, and Troy Reeves , of Gilbert, Ariz., asked Chris Reeves what he though of the ride after the trio made the trip from Airzona to be among the first to ride the Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, which opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas. The boys and their father slept in an RV in the parking lot.
| SHANE KEYSERKansas City Star

Riders scream as a jet of water pushes them over the crest of the second drop on Verruckt, the tallest waterslide in the world, opened for the first time to the public at Schlitterbahn on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas.
| SHANE KEYSERKansas City Star

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